Sticky Situations: Should the driving alcohol limit be reduced to zero?

I think there is too much grey area when it comes to the 0.05 blood alcohol limit.

Drink driving is a serious problem in Australia and accounts for about 100 deaths every year.

Nationally, 31 per cent of all drivers involved in fatal accidents are over 0.05.

My problem is that 0.05 is so hard to guess. The rule of thumb, two drinks in the first hour and one drink every hour doesn’t necessarily work as you have to factor in your weight, sex and tolerance to booze.

'My problem is that 0.05 is so hard to guess.' (Pexels)

So it got me thinking… Why do we need 0.05? Should the driving alcohol limit be reduced to zero to combat the grey area of drink driving?”

Are we that desperate to have one drink? Is that one or two beers more important than our own lives, those who we love or innocent victims? When you put it in those terms it seems a bit stupid really.

People complain that we are we becoming a nanny state but I think that’s because adults can’t be trusted to act like adults and do the right thing.

Is it that important to have a drink and drive? (Pexels)

I think it’s time to grow up and put the drink down.

Not everyone agreed with me as you’ll see in the video above when I went toe to toe with the 9Honey superstars Shauna Anderson, Jane De Graaf and Jo Abi.